Reserve Bank of Australia
Mozo Rate Chasers Roundup – September 2012
At its October meeting the RBA has cut the cash rate for the first time since June. While most analysts said it could have gone either way, many banks were anticipating cuts sometime before the end of 2012, so have ... Read More »
Reserve Bank decision today – but which rate should we really be watching now?
UPDATE: The RBA has cut the official cash rate by 0.50 per cent at its meeting today. It’s the first Tuesday of the month, and so one would normally be writing something like “all eyes are on the Reserve Bank…”. ... Read More »
Glenn Stevens : Behind the Rate Rises
Labelled by Kochie as “the person that nobody knows and yet the bloke who controls their lives”, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens is a bit of an enigma. He’s a public figure, yet unlike most celebs we ... Read More »
Cracking the da Stevens Code
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has released the text of another speech, this time to business leaders in Toowoomba. And so it’s time for analysts, pundits, commentators and generally interested persons to pick over his themes, his words and the general ... Read More »
Can you cope with 2% higher interest rates?
It’s time to pull out your calculator and do some simple sums on those mortgages. And the sum to do is to take your current interest rate, add 2%, and see if you can cope with the adjusted repayment amount. ... Read More »
It’s time to fix!
The question I get asked more than any other right now is – should I fix my home loan? My answer, as from an hour ago, is clearly yes… The reason is that the Commonwealth Bank has just put its ... Read More »
